Water-closet seat



(No Mbdel.)

H. W. SGATTERGOOD. WATER CLOSET SEAT.

Patented Dec. 10

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

(HENRY w. soA'rT Rcoon, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA? wars ac Loser sEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,160, dated December10, 1895. Application filed December 6, 1894.. Serial No. 580,974. (Homodel.)

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, HENRY \Y. SCATTER- GOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in \Va tor-Closet Seats, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a seat. for the use ofchildren that may be readily applied to water-closet seats withoutreorganization of any portion of the watercloset seat or cover and thatmay be attached by any person without artisan skill. I design by myinvention to furnish as a merchantable article such a closet-seat.

in carrying out my invention 1 form from sheet metal by means of dies,or from hard rubber, celluloid, veneer, or other sufficiently rigid andthin material, a seat having a hinge at one end by which it may beapplied to the ordinary wooden seat of a water-closet, be-

tween the said wooden seat and the lidor cover Where such lid or: coveris employed,

the said seat being adapted to fit within and above the ordinaryseat-hole, and preferably having its front portion cut out, so as toavoid being fouled by excreta, all as I will proceed now moreparticularlyto set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is aperspective view of an ordinary watercloset wlt-hmy invention applied.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the seat and cover with the coverclosed. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the seat of this-invention. Fig. 4isa section taken substantially in the plane of line 4 4 of Fig. 3,looking to the right; and

'Fig. 5 is a plan view of a water-closet top with the lid closed andshowing the seat of this invention'in position.

The water-closet bowl a. maybe of any approved construction, and itsseat I) likewise of usual construction and applied thereto'in anysuitable manner.

' c is the ordinary cover or lid, hinged to the seat in any usualmanner.

As isunderstood and as is shown in detail in Fig. 2, the ordinary seat bis hinged to the base or back piece d, and the lid or cover 0 islikewise hinged to this same base or back piece, and there is usually aspace left between the bottom of the lid and the top of theseat-sufficient to separate the lid and seat to prevent one marring theother, and ordinarily a rubber or other block or cushion eis provided inthe front edge of the cover to rest against the seat and thus preservethe cover and seat from superficial contact. I- utilize this space toreceive the seat of my invention, which is herein designated -f. Thisseat f is made necessarily of thin material, so as to fit in theaforesaid space, and I prefer to strike up the seat from sheet metal andfinish the same in lacquer or. other material in a solid rials as hardrubber, celluloid, wood veneer,

and the like. The hole f in the seat f is.

obviously of smaller dimensions than the 110101) in the seat b,-and thesaid hole f is provided with a peripherahflange f turned down so astbnter the hole I) and extend below the upper surface of the seat, so asto proteet the edges of. the hole in the seat I). In order to avoid thefouling of the seat f by excreta, the front of the hole in said seat fis cut away, as at So far as cutting away the hole of a water-closetseat, as at g, is con.- cerned, Iain aware that that is not originalwith me. with a projection h, to which a hinge z is applied permanently,and by means ofthis hinge '11- the seatfis readily applied to the seat bby The rear of the seat is provided any one sufiiciently skilled inmechanics to 7 drive a screw.

As already indicated, 1 purpose providing these attachable seats forchildren as independent articles of manufacture, finished in in siichshape not only that it may be readily applied, but that it may be asreadily removed when there is no longer occasion for its use. Obviouslyin those closet-tops in which the obtained by blocking up thecover-hinge.

\Vhat I claim is As an improved article of manufacture, an

. attachable water closet seat for childrens useconsisting of a seat ofthin material, such as sheet metal, provided with a hinge and there- 10by and by its thinness adapted to be applied to the ordinary watei'clbset scat between the seat and the cover or lid, without any or anymaterial alteration of the ordinary seat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 myhand this 4th day ofDecember, A. I). 1804. W

. HENRY Witnessesf ALFRED W. BARNETT, HENRYMARSH.

